Cigar-lighter.



c. s, BRAKE.. GIGAB LIGHTER.

, .QPPLIOATION FILED JULY 20, 1912.

Patented June 24,1913.

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I l I C. S. BRAKE.

GIGAR LIGHTER. APPLIOATION'HLBD JULY zo, 1912.

'1.065,434 v Patend June 24,1913.

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.arrastre corr CLARE S. BRAKE, F MJWUKEE, WPSGGNSIN.

CIGAlR-LIGEEER.

Speccation oi. Letters a'tent.

.Application Vfiled July 20, 1912. Serial No. 216,553.

To all whom t may concern Beit known that I, VCLARKE S. DiiAiiE, a citizen ofthe United States, .and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin,l have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar- Ligiiters; and I doliereby declare that the following is a full, olear, and exact description thereof.

AMy invention consists in what is herein particularly setforth with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims of this specitication, its object being to provide simple, economical and compact cigar-lighters of the typeh comprising a wick-member ext-ending int-o a reservoir of gasolene or other suitable combustible liquid, and means for eecting electric-ignition of the wick, as well as for automatic ext-inguishment of the same. Figure 1 of the drawings represents a partly sectional view of one of my' improved 4cigar-lighters indicated by line 1 1 in Figs.

2 and 3, a bell-crank lever element thereof being on throw forward from normal position; 2, a similar view indicated by line 2-2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a plan view of the lighter partly broken away, the wick being uncovered and about to be ignited the same as in the previously described figures;

. ig. 4:, a View of a detail of the lighter partly in section on the plane indicated by line 4-4 iii-Fig. 1, and Fig. 5, a view of another detail of said lighter partly in section, this view being indicated by line 5-5 in lgteferring numerals to the drawings, 6 indicates a hollow metal base, a portion of which constitutes a reservoir for combustible liquid.` VExtending up from the reservoir is a tubular neck extension 7 of sinuous bore in which to cramp a wick S, and the sinuosity of the neck-bore tends to prevent the wick jarring down below the top of the burner. The reservoir is provided with a filling opening that is normally closed by a preferably vented screw-cap 9, and fastened to ears 10 in the base, back of said reservoir,

by screws 11 oi' otherfsuitable means, is an insulating block 12. Engaging one side of the reservoir-neck 7 is a screw 13 that serves as a fulcrum for a bell-crank lever. The

'arm 14 of the lever has a finger-button terminal 14', and its other arm 15 has 'a snutferhead terminal 1 5 by which `the ignition end of the wick 8 is normally covered, said snuifer-head being provided with a rear iinger extension 15". A horizontal tripper 16 is pivoted on a link 17 that in turn is pivotally connected to the linger-extension of the sanfter-head terminal of the lever-arm 15, the nger hein-g provided with an underside recess in which the tripper-pivot end of the link has play, and a spring 1h4 is eonnected at its ends to sai-d tripper and ringer.

Extending laterally from the bellcranlr lever is a bar 19, preferably integral with said lever, and a spiral-spring 2() is connected at its ends to the bar and a switch-blade 21, this blade being in pivotal connection with the insulating-block 12 through which and the base 6 the spring extends. The switch-blade engages a stirrup-e'nd of a slidiirg rod 22 guided in said insulating-block and base, its other end being opposed to the lateral bar 19 of the bell-crank lever, and said switch-blade closes en a preferably beveled contact point 23 of a normally lopen electric circuit that includes the aforesaid switch-blade and tripper, the spring 20 and the rod 22. The electric-circuit also iiicludes a stiii" metal terminal ,24 partly incased by an insulating-sleeve 25, the upper exposed portion of the terminal being in the path ofjthe aforesaid tripper, and said circuit may include a battery 26, or other source of electrical energy, and a suitable sparlr'coil 27 as herein shown. The upper end of the insulating-sleeve 25 is held in a hollow rear upper lug 7 of the reservoirneck 7 and a cranked portion of the eleotric-circuit terminal 24 is embedded in an insulating cement or plastic composition 7 filling said lug, said filling serving to hold said terminal 24 securely in position and out of electrical Contact with the lug 7 or the wick tube 7, and also to prevent excess coinbustible iuid from the wick finding its way down said sleeveinto the base of the lighter.

The exible insulated bunch wire 28 of the electric-circuit is preferably extended through a ber sleeve 2 9 set in the insulating block l2 and some of the insulation is removed from the upper end of said wire to permit of its strands being spread about the lowermeeting end of the stiff metal terminal 24, whereby a good connect-ion is economically provided.

The switch-blade 21 is normally held Patented faire 24%1913.

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away Athe contact point 23 by pressure of the lever bar 19 on the rod 22, this being accomplished due to the fact that the coiled spring 20 connecting the lever-bar and switch-blade is attached to the latter close to its fulcrum point under constant tension, while the shackle connection between rod 22 and said switch-blade is adjacent to the outer end thereof. Hence the leverage eX-. erted upon the switch-blade by the lever-bar through the rod at the outer end thereof is suiiicient to overcome the slight spring re sistance and etiect the break in the circuit mentioned, it being understood thatwhen this break between the switch-blade and contact point 23 is effected that the lever-bar 19 will rest upon the stop-head 19. When the bell-crank lever is actuated by pressure upon the button 14', the initial movement of the bar 19 therewith will permit the switch-blade 21 to rise, together with the rod 22, the same following the lever-bar upward, due to the spring connection 20 between said lever-bar and switch-blade. vThis upward movement of the switch-blade will be arrested by engagement of the end of said blade with the contact 23, whereby the circuit is closed at saidpoint. A further movement of the bell-crank lever in the same direction will be opposed by the coiled spring 20 and therel being no further move ment of the switch-blade it is apparent that the lever-bar 19 will disengage the rod 22, the parts assuming the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Following this movement the tripper 16 will contact with the metal terminal 24, thus closing the electric circuit in the lighter. In completing the movement of the bell-crank lever mentioned, said circuit is broken by disengagement of the tripper and terminal, whereby an elect-ric fspark is created to cause lignition of the wick 8, which wick is at this time.'

uncovered by the shutter-head lot the arm 15 et said lever.

By utilizing one end of the link 17 as a pintle" for the tripper 16, which tripper is@ held in its normal position, as shown in ll`ig.v 4, by the coiled spring, it is apparent thatV should the point of the tripper, through any slight disarrangement, engage the terminal 24, further thrust of said tripper point would, 4under ordinary conditions, tend to break the same or some part of the movable mechanism. rThis tendency is entirely overcome by the arrangement shown for the reason that under the aforesaid conditions the tripper pintle would yield backwardly by swing of the link in opposition to the spring, whereby clearance of the terminal is facilitated and insured, this being ani1nportant feature of the improved lighter. On return of the bell-crank lever which comprises the arms 14, 15, and lever-bar 19, it is apparent that 'the snutier-head 15 will.

Localice extinguish the flame of the wick, the said shutter-head being provided With a clearance notch 30 for the metal terminal 24.

The timing of the clearance of the switchblade 21 is determinedby the length of the 70 rod 22 and, if desired, such clearance may be effected before the tripper 16 touches the terminal 24 on return movement 'of the bellcrank lever, thereby preventin closing of the electric-circuit and waste o electric energy and also preventing sparking between the tripper and terminal and between the switch-blade and Contact point. Thus it follows that the break in the circuit upon the return of the mechanism to normal posit-ion can either be eit'ected'in conjunction with ,the metal terminal and tripper or switchl blade and contact point 23, the said point of vbreak being predeterminedly arranged by shortening a standard length of rnd 22.

By beveling the contact point 23 as shown it is apparent that the switch-blade when engaging the former will have a slight shear movement thereon to thus insure more perfect contact.

lt is understood that when l roter to the circuit being closedin the lighter, as shown in Fig. 2, that such circuit is established byA means ot the metallic body of said liffhter, including the beller-ank lever 15 and nger 95 upon which. the tripper is pivoted.

l claim: n

1. A cigar-lighter comprising a pivotal switch-blade member of an electriccircuit embodying a contact point for the. blade, a

having an arm thereof terminated in a y shutter-head cover for said neck, a metallic terminal. of the electric-circuit projecting adjacent to the ignition end of the wick, a terminal opposing tripper in sai-d circuit having spring-controlled pivotal connection 11C, with afinger extension of the snuffenhead, a bar extending from said lever in opposition to said stirrup-r0d, and a spring connecting the lever-bar with the aforesaid blade.

2. A cigar-lighter comprising a pivotal switch-bladev member of an electric-circuit embodying a Contact point for the blade, a sliding stirrup-'rod engaged by said blade, a combustible liquid reservoir having a 12o wick-engaged neck, a bell-crank lever tulcrumed in connection with the neck and having an arm therebf terminated in a snuiierhead cover for said neck, a metallic terminal of the electric-circuit projecting adjacent to the ignition end of the wick, a terminal opposing tripper in said circuit having springcontrolled laterally yielding pivotal connection with a finger extension ot the snutenhead, a bar extending from 13e said lever in opposition to said stirrup-rod, and a spring connecting the lever-bar with the aforesaid blade.

3. A cigar-lighter comprising a pivotal switch-blade member of an electric-circuit embodying a contact pointfor the blade, a sliding stirrup-rod engaged'by said blade, a combustible liquid reservoir having a wickengaged neck, a bell-crank lever fulcrumed in connection with the neck and having an arm thereof terminated in a snuffer-head cover for said neck, a metallic terminal of the, electric-circuit projecting adjacent to the ignition end of the wick, a link in pivotal connection with a finger extension of the snuffer-head, a spring-controlled terminal opposing tripper pivoted on the link and in said'circuit, a bar extending from said lever in opposit-ion to said stirrup-rod, and a spring connecting the lever-bar with the aforesaid blade.

4. A cigar-lighter having a wick-tube, a

stiff stationary metal terminal of an electriccircuit exposed adjacent to the ignition-end of the wick-tube, a movable support, a link in swing connection with the support, and a horizontally disposed spring-controlled tripper in. pivotal connection with the link and constituting another terminal of said circuit carried with' said support to contact with and clear the stationary terminal.

5. A cigar-lighter comprising an exposed terminal of an electric-sparking circuit, an insulating base, an insulating-sleeve rising from said base and through which said terminal is extended, a holder engaged by the sleeve, and suitable filling by which the aforesaid terminal is held rigid in the holder outward from t-he upper end of said sleeve.

6. A cigar-lighter comprising a wicktubehaving a hollow outer lug, an insulating base, an insulating-sleeve secured at its ends in said base and lug, an exposed terminal of an electric-,sparking circuit exi tended through the sleeve beyond said tube,

and a suitableilling by which said terminal is held rigid in said lug outward from the upper end of said sleeve.

7. A cigar-lighter comprising an insulating support, a switch-blade in pivotal con'- nection with the support, a contact in the path Yof-the'blade, fixed and tripper terminals-iii circuit 'with said blade and contact, 1

gaged neck, an insulating block fastened in' the base, a switch-blade member of angel ecf tric-circuit in pivotal/connecti'di/'with theYY block, a contact point for the bladeVV being y included in t-he circuit; a sliding stirruprod engaged by the blade and extending through Vsaid block and base, a spring-con,- trolled bell-crank lever fulcrumed in connection with the reservoir-neck and having an arm thereof terminated in a snufer-head cover for said neck, a terminal ofthe electric-circuit projecting adjacent to the ignition end of the wick, a terminal opposing tripper in said circuit having spring-controlled pivotal connectionjyith ,affinger-exftension ofthe snulfer-head, and a bar extending from said bell crank lever to normally depress said stirrup-rod, and a. spring connecting the lever-bar and the aforesaid blade.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

` CLARKE S. DRAKE.

lWitnesses:

GnopW. YOUNG, M. E. l)owNnY-.- 

